Improvement in shoemakers  awl-hafts



NrrnD STATES PATENT. OFFICE,

GEORGE XV. HUTOHINS, OF DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO LAURISTONOHAMBERLAIN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOWAKERS AWLHAFTS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,0416, dated April 21,1874; application filed February 21, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T HUCLCHrNs, of Dover, of the county ofStrafford and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Shoemakers Awl- Hafts; and do hereby declare the same tobe fully described in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is an elevation, and Fig. 2 alongitudinal section, of one of my improved awl hafts orhandles.

My invention relates to awl-ha-fts having metallic and yielding heads,and split and jawed contractile shanks; and consists in the combinationof a countersunk cap to encompass the handle with such handle, the splitshank, and the compound head vscrewed upon the shank, all beingsubstantially as hereinafter explained, and shown in the drawing.

In carrying out my invention I combine with the wooden handle A, itscountersunk metallic cap D, and the split and jawed shank O, extendinginto such cap and handle, and provided with a male screw, a, as shown, ametallic disk or head, D, furnished with a female screw, l), and havingthe leather or yielding head E connected to it (the disk) by screws c c,all being constructed and arranged as shown in the drawing. The screws cc have their heads against the base of the handle, and therefore are notonly covered so as to be out of sight,

but are protected from becoming accidentally unscrewed. The metallicdisk D supports both the yielding head E and the female-screw projectionf, and protects the handle from injury. The cap, by resting against theentire end of the handle, and being eountersunk, as shown at c, toreceive suoli, prevents the handle from being split.

In order to keep the disk, as well as the cap, from turning around onthe handle, pins or dowels may be employed, one, h, being extended fromthe cap into the handle, and one or more being projected from the baseof the handle into or through the disk.

I do not claim an awl-haft constructed as represented in the drawings ofthe Patent No. 6,261, and described in such patent, as in such themetallic head which supports the elastic head is not screwed upon thesplit shank, as it is in my awl-haft. v

I claim- The cap B, countersunk at c, to encompass the handle A, asshown, in combination with the said handle, the split shank O, and thehead D E, screwed uponrthe shank, and arranged at the upper end of thehandle, all being as specified.

GEO. YV. HUTGHINS.

Vitnesses EDWARD P. HoDsDEN, FRANK W. ROBERTS.

